CVE-2016-7044

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-09-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The unformat_24bit_color function in the format parsing code in Irssi before 0.8.20, when compiled with true-color enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) via an incomplete 24bit color code.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 16.04
Debian Linux: 8.0
Irssi: through 0.8.19

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3672
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036868
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3086-1
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2016.txt
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3672
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036868
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3086-1
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2016.txt

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